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The programme for the sixth edition of the Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival, which runs from 15 to 18 March 2018, has been announced and includes several anniversary-themed concerts. The first of these will see renowned local jazz-rockers Get the Blessing (pictured above left) unveiling their bra...

The full programme has been revealed for this year's edition of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which runs from 2 to 7 May, and includes some very strong additions to its headline and core jazz strands. Things go full steam ahead with a Thursday night concert from revered Irish singer-songwriter Van...

Heavyweight Dutch jazz bands Quartet NL and Under the Surface (an adventurous trio led by drummer Joost Lijbaart, above right), make their UK debuts with gigs in London and Scotland on 19 and 22 February respectively as part of the Jazz Promotion Network's Going Dutch project.
Formed by drummer H...

Phantasm of fragmentary restraint, Japanese guitarist Taku Sugimoto, jostles with new modes of melodic languor on his forthcoming album, h, as well as guesting in collaboration on Bruno Duplant's forthcoming collection, Chamber and Field Works 2015-2017, both dropping imminently via the Anoth...

Latest News

The programme for the sixth edition of the Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival, which runs from 15 to 18 March 2018, has been announced and includes several anniversary-themed concerts. The first of these will see renowned local jazz-rockers Get the Blessing (pictured above left) unveiling their bra...

The full programme has been revealed for this year's edition of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which runs from 2 to 7 May, and includes some very strong additions to its headline and core jazz strands. Things go full steam ahead with a Thursday night concert from revered Irish singer-songwriter Van...

Heavyweight Dutch jazz bands Quartet NL and Under the Surface (an adventurous trio led by drummer Joost Lijbaart, above right), make their UK debuts with gigs in London and Scotland on 19 and 22 February respectively as part of the Jazz Promotion Network's Going Dutch project.
Formed by drummer H...

Phantasm of fragmentary restraint, Japanese guitarist Taku Sugimoto, jostles with new modes of melodic languor on his forthcoming album, h, as well as guesting in collaboration on Bruno Duplant's forthcoming collection, Chamber and Field Works 2015-2017, both dropping imminently via the Anoth...

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